Question: Do you have any new O.C. spoilers that we haven't heard yet?Answer: Um, I think this is new: (SPOILER ALERT) Sandy is gonna get a new business partner as he starts to take over the Newport Group. The role is being cast as we speak.
Question: Did Diane Farr sign on to Numbers before or after she shot the season finale of Rescue Me? I guess what I'm asking is, will she be written out in the Sept. 13 season finale or will her exit be explained in the beginning of the third season?Answer: Farr's story line will be wrapped up in the finale. "I told them at Episode 8 [that I was leaving], so they had five episodes to finish the arc of my character," she says, adding that, "The whole relationship [between Laura and Franco] is laying the groundwork for my exit."
Question: Love your column! Anything on ER?Answer: Well, as I (read: me, me, me, me, me!) broke exclusively in Monday's Entertainment News, John Leguizamo is joining the cast as a new doc for at least 12 episodes. And yes, this is the part that was originally earmarked for John Stamos.
Question: Whatever happened to Melanie Griffith doing an arc on Gilmore Girls?Answer: Her new WB comedy Twins happened, which forced Team Palladino to scrap the idea — for now.
Question: Since Kaley Cuoco is going to be on Charmed, does that mean she's no longer going to be on 8 Simple Rules? Or is she going to be doing two shows at once?Answer: Oh, Stephanie. Sweet, innocent, naive Stephanie.
Question: I take issue with your answer to Shelley's question in last week's column. The newest Nip/Tuck preview features several clips of Famke Janssen that are almost definitely not from last season. Also, I don't think they would use her in the promo if she was not going to be coming back. Just my opinion!Answer: Since you clearly don't believe me, I'll share with you a direct quote from FX's Nip/Tuck spokesman, Scott Seomin: "The Famke scene in the new promo trailer was shot last year but not used episodically. It ended up on the cutting-room floor." FXecs featured Famke in said promo because they were hoping she'd come back — and, as luck would have it, hope sprung eternal late Monday: Seomin now confirms that the X-symbol will film a fa
Question: Hey Ausiello, instead of asking you a specific question this week, is there anything you'd like to share?Answer: Actually, yes — but I'm afraid you're not going to like it. I'm taking a few days off in recognition of Labor Day, and that means there will be no new Ask Ausiello next week. But I'll be back with an all-new, action-packed, scooperific column on Wednesday Sept. 14! It'll be here before you know it! I miss you guys already! I'm leaving now! Bye! This is harder than I thought! OK, I'm really leaving now! Bye! OK, for
Question: Why is BD Wong in the opening credits of Law & Order: SVU and not Tamara Tunie, who typically gets more screen time than he does?Answer: As I understand it, that little double standard will correct itself beginning with the Sept. 20 season premiere.
Question: In last week's Podcast, you mentioned you had received the premiere of Gilmore Girls. Did you watch it? I don't want any spoilers. I just want to know how good it is. I'm dying for Sept. 13 to get here.Answer: Yes, I watched it and, despite a slow start, it was well worth the four-month wait. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a solid 7. Oh, and there's a telltale clue dropped about the mystery wedding.
Question: All this talk about Joss Whedon's lovefest with Veronica Mars — is it possible he will write an episode?Answer: Let's ask Rob Thomas! "We would certainly welcome that, though he hasn't offered up those services." OK, lemme track down Joss and make this thing happen.
Question: Your responses to people make me laugh out loud. I read the column for what you say more than what you are saying.Answer: Thanks, Martin! I think.
Question: Wouldn't it be awesome if Joss Whedon wrote and directed an episode of Veronica Mars this year? Methinks it would.Answer: I said I'll get on it. Just let me finish this week's AA first!
Question: When is your birthday?Answer: Feb. 23. Registry information is forthcoming.
Question: Is George Huang the SVUer who gets shot in November?Answer: Who?
Question: Any more Lost spoilers? How about some info on the supposed deaths this season?Answer: A fairly reliable tipster informs me that Damon Lindelof may have issued a faux spoiler when he told me in the Aug. 3 AA that "I think it would be fairly silly for us to kill a woman — there's only three or four of them on the show. And they're all really hot." Those damn faux spoilers!
Question: For The O.C.'s third season, will Seth and Summer go two consecutive episodes without fighting?Answer: Yes! "They're not really going to have a big obstacle in the way that they did last year," says series creator Josh Schwartz. "With Ryan and Marissa under so much strain and stress, they're really going to become the great support system for their friends."
Question: Did you catch Lauren Graham's appearance on Celebrity Poker? She looked amazing, was even more adorable as herself than as Lorelai and wiped everyone else out. Who knew a face that expressive could be a good "poker face"?Answer: Damn, I missed it. I'll try to track down a tape. Hey, speaking of my former costar, she's gonna be on The Ellen Degeneres Show on Sept. 13 to talk up Gilmore's season premiere later that night. I don't wanna jinx things, but I'm hearing I may get a shout-out.
Question: Love the column — simply hilarious. Anyway, Amy Sherman-Palladino has said that she wants Gilmore Girls to go through Rory's Yale graduation. But now that she's dropped out, won't that complicate things a bit?Answer: I asked Amy that specific question, and here's what she told me: "Rory's picked a path and she's got to go down that path for a while. We're gonna let her go on this journey. We're not going to truncate where she's heading."
Question: I agree with you that Keri Russell is a total goddess. Anything in store for other cast members from the show? I know Keri has MI3, Scott Speedman is doing Underworld 2 and Donald Faison is on Scrubs, but what about the others?Answer: Let's see… Amy Jo Johnson has a recurring role in ABC's midseason dramedy What About Brian?, which counts J.J. Abrams among its exec producers. And Amanda Foreman is the only reason to watch the Sept. 23 premiere of NBC's still-born fertility-clinic drama Inconceivable. She plays a brash surrogate mother to two gay dads and she's in full-tilt Meghan mode. God, I miss that show.
Question: Will Rory and Logan get married this season on Gilmore Girls? It was talked about by Logan's parents and now that Rory is having an identity crisis, it would make sense.Answer: It certainly sounds like someone's getting hitched. As I mentioned in our latest Podcast, AA reader Toni Miller tipped me off about "a multitiered chocolate wedding cake with white icing trim" that she spotted on the Gilmore Girls set during a recent tour of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. And exec producer Daniel Palladino
Question: Any new cast members coming on CSI: NY?Answer: Yes, a new CSIer will be coming on to replace the exiting CSIer.
Question: Will the identity of the Carver be revealed during this season of Nip/Tuck?Answer: Yes.